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Key Points for Stacey Edmonds

  • Stacey Edmonds is a pioneering social scientist and AI ethicist, with a unique career trajectory from youth work to Big Four consulting, bringing diverse insights to digital innovation and social change.
  • As a Partner at Deloitte and Senior Partner at Korn Ferry, Stacey has shaped digital strategies for global organisations, solidifying her status as a trailblazer in corporate innovation.
  • Internationally recognized keynote speaker and judge for prestigious awards including the New York Festivals and International Stevie Awards.
  • Creator of "Dodgy or Not?", an innovative cyber safety game addressing cybercrime and misinformation, exemplifying Stacey's commitment to accessible digital safety education.
  • Representative of Mastercard's GenAI and Deepfake Safety Campaign, leveraging her expertise to address critical issues in digital security and ethics.

Topics for Stacey Edmonds

  • Understanding generative AI and deepfakes: Opportunities and threats for businesses
    In this eye-opening presentation, Stacey Edmonds shifts the focus to the world of business, exploring how Generative AI and deepfakes are reshaping the corporate landscape. Drawing on her extensive experience in multi-platform screen production, tech, and social science – including her personal journey of spending a year deepfaking herself – Stacey presents a thought-provoking and interactive exploration of this reality-bending technology.
    With a blend of humour and real-world business examples, Stacey addresses:
    • How Generative AI and deepfakes are transforming the way businesses approach communication, marketing, and internal processes.
    • The opportunities AI brings for streamlining operations, enhancing customer engagement, and driving innovation – but also the threats it poses to brand trust and integrity.
    • Ethical considerations in the business world: When creating artificial content can no longer be viewed as just a marketing tool, but a potential risk to corporate reputation and consumer trust.
    • Live Demonstration: Watch as Stacey creates a real-time deepfake of a volunteer from the audience, demonstrating both the power and perils of this technology and how it could be used – or misused – in a business context.
  • Breaking the mold: Leadership lessons from the unexpected executive
    Stacey Edmonds, a self-proclaimed "fully paid-up member of Margaret Thatcher's underclass," shares her extraordinary journey from youth work to Big 4 consulting. In this eye-opening keynote, she reveals how her unexpected path to executive leadership offers valuable lessons for anyone looking to make an impact, regardless of their background.
    With candor, humour, and refreshing authenticity, Stacey explores:
    • The power of embracing your unique perspective.
    • How 'unconventional' experiences shape exceptional leaders.
    • Why diversity in thought and background is crucial for innovation.
    • Through compelling stories and hard-earned insights, Stacey demonstrates how breaking the traditional executive mold can lead to transformative leadership. She'll share revealing anecdotes like:
      "Are you here to make the tea?" "Well, I was here to share how we can save $200m in a year and save lives - but, how do you have it?"
      And the particularly telling: "Do you think you'll be able to talk to the people?" "What, the common ones? ... all good, I am one, I just make this look good."
      Practical takeaways:
      • Leverage your 'outsider' status as a strength, not a weakness.
      • Create environments where diverse voices are heard and valued.
      • Recognize and nurture potential in unexpected places.
    • This talk isn't just about women in leadership or class barriers - it's about reimagining what effective leadership looks like in today's diverse world. Stacey challenges conventional wisdom, proving that the most impactful leaders often come from the most unexpected places.
      Whether you're an aspiring leader, a current executive, or someone passionate about driving change, this talk will give you a new perspective on what it means to lead in the modern world.
  • The future of learning: Covid, cats and chaos
    Gone are the days of dull PowerPoints and endless e-learning modules. Stacey Edmonds invites you on an interactive exploration of learning's future, using the unlikely trio of Covid, cats, and chaos as our guides.
    This engaging journey reveals how these seemingly unrelated elements offer insights into the rapidly evolving landscape of education and professional development. Stacey demonstrates how we can harness the "dark social engineering arts" of entertainment, social media, and marketing for good - creating consumer-grade learning experiences that captivate and transform.
    With her signature blend of humour and expertise, Stacey delves into:
    • Covid: How the realisation of a prolonged pandemic accelerated the shift towards adaptive, personalised learning experiences - and the rise of the Edtech Unicorn.
    • Cats: The unexpected lessons from our feline-filtered video calls, showing our adaptability and quick uptake of technology when necessity strikes.
    • Chaos: The unprepared world's response to GenAI's release, and how it's reshaping our approach to learning and knowledge.
      At the heart of this presentation is Stacey's groundbreaking Situational Learning Experience (SLE) Model, ethically applying principles from entertainment and marketing to reimagine learning.
      Audience takeaways:
      • Insights into designing learning experiences that are as engaging as they are effective.
      • Strategies for harnessing GenAI to enhance, not replace, human-centric learning.
      • The instant practical and money saving applications of the SLE Model.
      • Through interactive demonstrations and real-world examples, Stacey challenges conventional wisdom about corporate learning. She advocates for a future where education is as engaging, personalised, and adaptive as our favourite social media feeds.
        This isn't just a talk - it's an invitation to actively participate in reimagining the future of learning, one purr-fectly chaotic insight at a time.
    • Lessons in resilience: Feel the fear and do it anyway
      Stacey Edmonds takes you on an exhilarating journey from the gritty streets of Birmingham to the cutting edge of technological innovation. In this raw and inspiring talk, she reveals how life's hardest knocks became her greatest teachers.
      Key explorations:
      • The Art of Fearless Creation: Lessons from performing "Scream Quietly" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
      • Guns, Gangs, and Generative AI: Drawing parallels between street survival and navigating the tech revolution.
      • Dodgy or Not?: How her encounters with the underbelly of society inspired a cyber safety revolution.
    • Stacey's core message: You get knocked down, you get up again – whether it's on the streets or in the boardroom.
      Through gripping anecdotes and hard-won insights, Stacey demonstrates how to:
      • Transform setbacks into springboards for success.
      • Cultivate 'street-smart' resilience in the face of technological upheaval.
      • Apply the 'feel the fear and do it anyway' mindset to navigate and lead through digital disruption.
      • This isn't just a talk – it's a resilience bootcamp for the AI age. Stacey's unique background provides a fresh perspective on bouncing back in a world where the only constant is change.
      • Attendees will leave energised, inspired, and equipped with practical strategies to:
        • Embrace failure as a stepping stone to innovation.
        • Lead fearlessly in times of technological uncertainty.
        • Turn 'Dodgy' situations into opportunities for growth and learning.
      • Prepare to be challenged, inspired, and transformed. This is resilience for the real world – raw, unfiltered, and ready for whatever the future throws at us!
    • Breaking free from Orwell’s 1984: How we can defy digital control and protect democracy
      Stacey Edmonds pulls back the curtain on our digital age, exploring the unsettling similarities between George Orwell’s 1984 and the world we now inhabit. With surveillance systems powered by AI, deepfakes that blur the boundaries between reality and deception, and misinformation distorting public discourse, Stacey tackles the implications for our freedoms, societal trust, and the future of democracy itself.
      Drawing from her frontline experiences in technology, media, and social science, Stacey offers an engaging, interactive look into how the digital landscape is reshaping power and control. With a mix of humour and real-life examples, she examines:
      • How deepfakes and AI are distorting the very notion of "truth" and their impact on public trust.
      • The liar’s dividend—the dangerous idea that even the truth can be dismissed as fake, creating chaos and doubt in society.
      • The rise of fake news and its toxic influence on social cohesion and democracy.
      • How AI-driven manipulation of data and personalisation can steer public opinion and even elections.
      • Live Demonstration: Watch as Stacey showcases the power of deepfakes in real-time, creating a digital doppelganger of a volunteer from the audience to demonstrate how this technology can deceive—and how we can defend ourselves against it.
        Call to Action:
      • This presentation doesn’t just explain the digital dangers—we’re already living them. Stacey’s call to action empowers audiences to:
        • Think critically in a world where the truth is under siege from deepfakes and fake news.
        • Combat the liar’s dividend by developing the tools to discern fact from fiction, and by demanding truth from those in power.
        • Build digital communities that uplift and empower, resisting the control of manipulated data and AI.
        • Lead with integrity in a time where the lines between public discourse and private interests are blurred by technology.
        • Take responsibility for defending democracy, not just as a passive observer, but as an active participant in shaping a digitally free society.

Testimonials for Stacey Edmonds

Stacey has spoken at several Community of Practice events that I have organised, and she is always a hit. Her deep expertise, in social science and learning, is matched by her engaging presentation style. Stacey's unique ability to connect the dots across disciplines—from youth work and education to L&D, multi-platform screen production, IT, GenAI and Edtech—ensures that every session is rich with insight and practical takeaways. Her creative flair, drawn from her background in acting and film production, adds a quirky, fun approach that captivates audiences and makes complex topics accessible. Whether she’s discussing future learning strategies, gamification, instructional design, operating models, or technology integration, Stacey always leaves participants inspired and equipped with actionable ideas.
Enterprise Design Practice Lead
Culture, Capability and Talent
Westpac

Stacey is a firecracker! Her quick wit & charm rapidly warm an audience to her. Stacey is able to utilise humour in a way that makes concepts transition from theoretical to pragmatic which widens the audience pool receiving the message. Stacey is at the cutting edge of learning innovation globally; well versed in all things AI, AR, VR and anything else that capture’s people’s attention span. If you are looking to inspire an audience to re-imagine what is possible, Stacey is the right presenter for you.
Head of Capability, People & Culture
Coles Group

Stacey presented our Keynote at the AICWA Conference this year which focussed on Technology & Trust, and she was nothing short of exceptional. Her unique ability to translate complex GenAI and Deepfake concepts into relatable, real-world scenarios made the risks and opportunities immediately tangible for all attendees, and she delivered it in such an enjoyable and engaging style we have had nothing but stellar feedback from attendees. As the conference organiser, I can confirm that Stacey's session was rated the most engaging and practically useful of the entire event – which is quite an achievement given the calibre of presenters we had arranged for the day. When asked about the conference highlight, one attendee enthusiastically responded, "Stacey, she was amazing!" I highly recommend Stacey for any organisation looking to raise awareness of the future of work in the era of GenAI and Deepfake. Her approach sets a new standard for addressing these emerging challenges in our field. And, important to say also that she is an absolute pleasure to work with.
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Institute of Conveyancers, WA

I had the pleasure of working with Stacey as the MC for our L&D Symposium in Hunter Valley. Stacey brought an infectious energy to our event that kept attendees engaged from start to finish. Her ability to maintain this high level of enthusiasm throughout the 2 days was remarkable and contributed significantly to our symposium's success. What stood out most was Stacey's knack for "reading the room" and adapting her approach accordingly. She seamlessly transitioned between energetic introductions and more reflective moments, ensuring our audience remained captivated regardless of the session's tone. The feedback from our attendees was overwhelmingly positive, resulting in an outstanding NPS score of 8.9. Many participants specifically mentioned Stacey's MC skills as a highlight of the symposium. Personally, I found working with Stacey to be a joy. Her enthusiasm, preparedness, and collaborative spirit made my job as an organiser much easier and more enjoyable. I wholeheartedly recommend Stacey for any event requiring a skilled, energetic, and adaptable MC.
Portfolio Director
Ashton Media